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I watched Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally on the news recently. Ford's board of directors voted to give him $11 million in stocks and bonuses in addition to his $2 million salary, yet they want entry workers at Ford to work for less than $15 an hour. Where is the outrage in this state and country? Who's worth this kind of money?

Oxford

In a recent column, a writer blamed progressives and liberalism for all that is wrong with America and stated that America was much better in 1952. One thing he left out was that in 1952, union membership was at its highest, so a family could live on one income and mom could stay at home and raise the kids, thereby improving test scores and keeping the family intact. CEOs were paid only 30 times what the regular worker received, not the 400 times paid today. Corporations paid up to 30 percent of our federal income taxes instead of the 5 percent they pay now. That's what happens when you have conservative principles that value only profit instead of the value of society as a whole.

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Lake Orion

Brian Terry's death was shrugged off and forgotten. But the Justice Department's "Operation Fast and Furious" program continues. The administration claims it will keep track of the 2,000 illegal aliens released from prison. Yet no one in the administration will take responsibility for releasing them. The total scheduled to be released is 5,000. Fast and Furious provided Mexican cartels with guns and it seems its agenda is also to provide more manpower.

Commerce Township

I'm a restaurant owner in Oakland County and I wonder how many other restaurant owners feel the same way about the new law where the health department charges $50 for re-inspections. My business has had two inspections since the law went into effect and I know the inspectors returned just to collect an additional $50. It seems they're trying to collect more revenue. Why don't they just raise the price of a business license an extra $100 because that seems what they are really doing?

Clarkston

I'm responding to the caller from Waterford, who compared President Obama to Hitler, Stalin and Idi Amin. Please do not take genocide so lightly. Idi Amin ruled Uganda in the 1970s, which is well within the lifetimes of most Oakland Press readers. He didn't call for gun control, because he didn't need to. Amin came to power through military coup and proceeded to slaughter hundreds of thousands of people. Thirty-five years later, Uganda is still recovering economically and still finding mass graves. Are you honestly afraid of a military takeover and genocide and if so, do you think your assault rifle can take on a tank?